Paper-holder.



A. W. ALLEN.

PAPER FOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 11. ms.

Patented Dec. 3, 1918.

ALONZO W. ALLEN, 0F STJREATOR,

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ILLINOIS, nssrenor. or ONE-HALF To CHARLIE n.

GOLDSMI'ITH, 0F STREATOR, ILLINOIS.

PAPER-FOLDER.

Specification of Letters latent.

Patented Dec. 3, 191%.

Application filed June 17, 1918. Serial No. 240,378.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALoNzo W. ALLEN, a citizen of the United States, residing. at Streator, in the county of La Salle and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful it consists in the peculiar and practical pa per folding device, hereinafter described and claimed, through the medium of which a cover for legal documents and other manuscripts may be correctly, neatly and conveniently folded.

In the accompanying drawings which are hereby made a part hereof:

Figure 1, is a front elevation, showing the arrangement of my novel folder to the paper or cover, to be folded.

Fig. 2, is a section taken at a point slightly below the center line of my novel device and showing the position the paper or covers assumes in the device before the bending operation takes place.

Fig. 3, is an end elevation illustrating the original position of the paper or cover and folder with respect to each other and further showing their relative position when my novel device is dicated by arrow.

Referring by numerals to said drawings:

1, is my novel device.

2, of Fig. 2, is the inner face of the device against which the paper or cover rests in the operation of folding.

3, in Fig. 1, are the lips of the device between which the paper or cover is placed to be folded, the other lip of which, for an important purpose, hereinafter set forth has a diagonally cut-off portion at 6.

4, is the paper or cover.

5, is the line on which the paper or cover folds. a

It will be gathered from the foregoing that my novel device, consists of a rectangular piece of stamped out sheet tin or such- Uopiee at this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Washington, as." l

consists put into operation as inlength: and a finger portion arranged 1n one end of the folder, and a dilike bendable material, folded upon itself a through its center, in the direction of its length: for the purpose of folding covers for documents, such as are used for neatly holding papers in a packet, and where the occasion arises, for the more conveniently .backing of legal documents. operation of folding covers for such purposes is in itself simple, by the use of my novel device the same may be accomplished evenly, quickly and neatly, the cover and avoiding unnecessary handling and consequent waste of paper.

The device bellished attractive appearance.

a In the practical operation of the device, the paper is placed into the receiving lips of the folder, made easy by reason of the di without soiling.

While the is inexpensive to produce and of but onepart, and may be emor ornamented so as to present an agonally cut off portion 6, and turned forof my appended claim. 9 desireto secure by Let-J metal or other suitable material, bent at a point along its center in the direction of its and aperture agonally cut-out portion in the other end. thereof.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALONZO W. ALLEN. Witnesses: a

JOHN AuroLnK, .W. C. Gamma.

Commissioner of Patents, 

